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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8193366" data-attributes="member: 67296">This is very hard to speculate on given the prevalent back-and-forth dialogue between literature, rpg, pop-culture, and other media.The only thing I can think of is that if D&D was never invented, that's because the (classic) fantasy genre never caught as something of interest. So no dwarves and elves and wizards. Influential sci-fi stuff such as Star Wars, Star Trek, or Aliens have existed since the eary days of D&D, so these would not have caught either... And though it wouldn't have emerged out of chainmail, it would need to evolve from something. Something actual and relevant to the 2000s (that isn't already rpg material). My guess would be computer games or something digital, although it's exceedingly difficult to differentiate what would and wouldn't exist if D&D and rpg didn't exist in the first place. Something that offers or proposes different roles and a group dynamics. A few things come to mind...D&D as an extension of Minecraft and other survival games. Villager trades as classes unlock different crafting trees, biomes as races grant environmental advantages. Adventure as a group trough overworld, Nether, and the End.D&D as Alien-fighting forces in the lines of X-COM, Halo, or Destiny. Classes as combat roles. Early version would be little more than war-games with a bit of roleplay involved along a set campaign timeline. Would then evolve into its own thing, with alien species and free-form rp.D&D as The Matrix. Another genre I can think of that never was that popular since the movie that has potential for rp, group dynamics, potential specializations, and can eventually evolve into something much bigger.</blockquote>

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